New Pinot Noir fraud in South of France
May 19th, 2010 | By Jozef Schildermans
In southern France, a new case of fraud with Pinot Noir has been discovered. The chairman and director of the cooperative winery of Coursan Armissan [...]
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Wine fraude in Burgundy
May 18th, 2010 | By Jozef Schildermans
Last year, a “well-known” vigneron from Burgundy let 2500 hectoliters of Burgundy-wine for a total value of 2.135 million euros disappear from his accounts, according [...]
French wine growers sell fake Pinot Noir to E & J Gallo
Feb 23rd, 2010 | By Jozef Schildermans
A court in the southern French city of Carcassonne sentenced twelve wine growers from the Languedoc to suspended prison terms and effective fines. They [...]
Chinese counterfeit 400.000 bottles Fitou wine
Feb 11th, 2010 | By Jozef Schildermans
400,000 bottles of counterfeit Fitou wine circulate on the Chinese market. The bottles probably contain Chinese “wine”. The counterfeiters have copied the label and the [...]
Poisoned Rice Wine Kills Tourists On Bali
Jun 4th, 2009 | By Jozef SchildermansTwenty-two people, including two Britons, have died on the Indonesian island of Bali after drinking poisoned rice wine (arrack), UPI reports. The victims bought the [...]
No Presidential Pardon For Two Buck Chuck Owner
Jan 15th, 2009 | By Jozef SchildermansFred T. Franzia (65), cousin of the California wine legend Ernest Gallo and owner of the fourth largest U.S. wine company Bronco Wine Co., gets [...]
Proton-beam Discovers Fake Wine Bottles
Oct 1st, 2008 | By Jozef SchildermansFrench scientists at the Centre d’Etudes Nucléaires in Bordeaux Gradigan (CENBG) have discovered an advanced technique for pinpointing counterfeit bottles of wine. A team led [...]
Paris Judge Investigates New Defamation Charges Against Wine Critic Robert M. Parker
Sep 16th, 2008 | By Jozef SchildermansThe Parish investigating judge Nadine Berthelemy-Dupuy is investigating a defamation charge against the influental American wine critic Robert M. Parker. The charge was filed by [...]
French Forgers Sell Fake Châteauneuf On eBay
Sep 16th, 2008 | By Jozef SchildermansA judge in the French town of Tarascon (Bouches du Rhône) condemned a husband and wife team of wine forgers to eight months in prison [...]
Satellite Reveals Fraud In Montalcino
Jun 26th, 2008 | By Jozef SchildermansSorry, this entry is only available in Nederlands.